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Invest With Principles: Inside The International Equity Fund (VIDI)
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The proliferation of exchange-traded funds has helped bring previously difficult-to-reach asset classes and strategies to the fingertips of individual self-directed investors and professional money managers alike. Amid the continuing wave of innovation, investors have grown more comfortable with sophisticated products that steer away from the traditional “plain vanilla” indexing approach. One such offering is the recently launched International Equity Fund from ETF industry newcomer Vident Financial, who took the time to give us a closer look under the hood of this new instrument [see also 101 ETF Lessons Every Financial Advisor Should Learn]. ETF Database (ETFdb): What was the inspiration behind creating the Vident International Equity Fund ? Vident Financial (VF): The Vident International Equity Fund was conceived to facilitate the implementation of time-tested economic and investment principles in an investing framework. Quite simply, there was no existing investment strategy that could incorporate—with precision—our investment framework. The Vident International Equity Index TM (VIE), which codifies the [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: Newcomer Vident Launches International Equity ETF (VIDI)
The proliferation of exchange-traded funds has helped bring previously difficult-to-reach asset classes and strategies to the fingertips of individual self-directed investors and professional money managers alike. Amid the continuing wave of innovation, investors have grown more comfortable with sophisticated products that steer away from the traditional “plain vanilla” indexing approach. One such offering is the recently launched International Equity Fund from ETF industry newcomer Vident Financial, who took the time to give us a closer look under the hood of this new instrument [see also 101 ETF Lessons Every Financial Advisor Should Learn]. ETF Database (ETFdb): What was the inspiration behind creating the Vident International Equity Fund ? Vident Financial (VF): The Vident International Equity Fund was conceived to facilitate the implementation of time-tested economic and investment principles in an investing framework. Quite simply, there was no existing investment strategy that could incorporate—with precision—our investment framework. The Vident International Equity Index TM (VIE), which codifies the [...]
